CVE-2007-4004
N/A
Published: July 26, 2007 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:43 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAIX
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
Description
Buffer overflow in the ftp client in IBM AIX 5.3 SP6 and 5.2.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger the overflow in a gets function call. NOTE: the client is setuid root on AIX, so this issue crosses privilege boundaries.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (9)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
Source: [email protected]
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=571Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/26219Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
Source: [email protected]
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ01812Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
Source: [email protected]
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ01813VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2675Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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